Free to Play Games DYING?

[MykeGregory]

Although most the things stated here wont apply to assaultcube, some good points raised regardless.

Discuss..

[Nightmare]

I don't think it's dying. :)

Pros

- Let's everyone try it without buyer's regret if they dislike it.
- Pwns piracy. Which is a rampant, major issue for PC & Mobile.

Cons

- Usually done in a greedy way(pay-to-win, or super hard level requiring some microtransactions to help get past it).

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As long as it's done similar to Team Fortress 2's business model, a F2P game can be great.
So hopefully the bad business models die and we see more 'fair' models a la Dota 2/TF2/etc.

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As for completely free games like AC. It's problem is, it brought in many players who needed something lightweight to run on their cheap integrated graphics laptop. But technology has improved and those people can pretty much play games like TF2 now. It's alright to not be Battlefield 4. But it's not alright to be Doom 1 anymore. AC could use a boost, but idk how far it can go before the engine explodes. Not to mention, nobody will be willing to redo all the graphics.

Until suddenly...dun dun dun....AC2 pops up on kickstarter and raises money to keep a few devs home all day making our new awesome game.

[MykeGregory]

..As long as it's done similar to Team Fortress 2's business model, a F2P game can be great...

True. Although TF2 wasnt F2P when it was first released.

...AC could use a boost [Graphically], but idk how far it can go before the engine explodes. Not to mention, nobody will be willing to redo all the graphics.

I always wondered how far the engine could be pushed.. Made a thread about it

Until suddenly...dun dun dun....AC2 pops up on kickstarter and raises money to keep a few devs home all day making our new awesome game.

:)!!!
Although we should call it something else. i dunno, but AssaultCube 2 sorta sounds like a sequel.
Perhaps AssaultCube: Cube 2 or Even AssaultCube: 2.

[Orynge]

He's right, that's why only a limited amount of F2P games will live on. Games like Blacklight: Retribution and any other F2P multiplayer game with a full-time dev team will have to shut the servers down if they don't get enough money. F2P will most likely live on, we just won't be seeing many games in the future. League and DotA 2 are most likely safe for at least another few years, TF2 as well, and maybe WoT and a few others that have a large, active, vibrant community. The rest are fighting for scraps until they die.